Proposition 1 Technical Assistance (TA) Funding Program

Background

Proposition 1 (Prop 1) or the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Assembly Bill 1471, Rendon) authorized $7.545 billion in general obligation bonds for water projects including surface and groundwater storage, ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration, and drinking water protection. Prop 1 requires the State Water Board to operate a multidisciplinary TA program for small disadvantaged communities, and allows for the State Water Board to fund TA.

* Demand for Prop 1 drinking water/wastewater TA is extremely high. Not all eligible requests can be accommodated through the Prop 1 TA program. Requests relating to one or more of the following will generally be given priority: systems that are out of compliance or experiencing insufficient water delivery capabilities, extension of service for drought/contamination impacted communities, consolidation projects, systems serving less than 200 connections, and applicants with small or relatively low cost needs that will enable an otherwise complete funding application to move forward. Some requests (including those for assistance with more general drinking water and wastewater capacity development needs, that are outside the context of capital project development – such as, compliance audits, rate studies, technical managerial and financial [TMF] assessments, and board or operator training) may be referred to other TA programs.

** Stormwater TA resources are limited. We are not currently accepting new communities for stormwater TA. However, you may still submit a request if interested, and we will keep your request on file for future consideration as resources allow.

*** Exceptions to provide TA that benefits larger DACs may be considered on a case‐by‐case basis.

Approved TA Requests

In addition to Prop 1 TA, the Division manages a separate program for training and TA to small Public Water Systems. This program is funded out of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program. A list of systems receiving TA under that program is also provided here for reference: